carpet

noun

car·​pet ˈkär-pət 

1

: a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering

also : a floor covering made of this fabric

2

: a surface or layer resembling or suggesting a carpet

carpet verb

see also:

on the carpet

Examples of carpet in a Sentence

We bought a new carpet for the bedroom.

Which brand of carpet did you choose?

The ground was covered by a carpet of leaves.

Recent Examples on the Web

Learn how to get red wine stains out of clothes, table linens, upholstery, and carpet. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 May 2026

Non-native lawn alternatives include succulent dwarf carpet of stars (Ruschia nana) and silver carpet (Dymondia margaretae). —Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026

Always one to stir things up on the Met Gala carpet, Kim Kardashian broke the internet in 2022 by arriving in a gown originally that belonged to Marilyn Monroe. —Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026

Even sweeter getting to walk the carpet with my love @DangeRussWilson 🖤. —Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 1 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pluck, modification of Latin carpere to pluck — more at harvest

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing carpet

• Brussels carpet
• call (someone) on the carpet
• carpet beetle
• carpet-bomb
• carpet slipper
• carpet sweeper
• magic carpet
• on the carpet
• red-carpet
• roll out the red carpet
• sweep (something) under the carpet
• tapestry carpet

Kids Definition

carpet

noun

car·​pet ˈkär-pət 

1

: a heavy fabric used especially as a floor covering

2

: a covering like a carpet

carpet verb